THREE days after Cicero’s Gift (Muhaarar) won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot at 100/1, his year-younger half-brother Golden Whirl (Golden Horn), came under the hammer at the Goffs UK Horses In Training Sale.

That Group 1 win might have been a boost to the pedigree, but it was no help to the sale prospects of Golden Whirl, last of five in both his tries in bumpers, and a windsucker to boot. He sold on a single bid of £1,000.